Alabama Gulf Coast tourism

A project aimed at helping restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly two decades is well underway. The start of the Gulf Coast Corridor Improvement project began on Oct. 22 in downtown Mobile with a groundbreaking ceremony.

An environmental group that advocates for the Alabama Gulf Coast is asking for help to protect endangered sea turtles and their nests. The Alabama Coastal Foundation is working to protect the remaining sea turtle nest that remain along the Alabama coast after a series of severe storms washed them away last month.

The annual Interstate Mullet Toss returns to Alabama and Florida’s state line beach bar. What started as a small get together at the Flora-Bama now brings in around 30,000 people over the long weekend.

Spring break season in Alabama and across the country runs through the end of April, but beaches in the Yellowhammer State won’t get a break in business until around the fall. This is because the spring vacation period is considered the start of the summer tourism season for Alabama Gulf Coast.

Gas prices aren’t stopping spring breakers in Alabama and across the nation from going to their destinations. AAA reports the average expense for a gallon of regular gas in Alabama is around $3. The national average price is about 30 cents higher.

Numerous schools and colleges around Alabama and across the country are out for the spring break holiday this weekend. Beaches along the state’s Gulf Coast are top destinations during the vacation period. This means the coastline along the Yellowhammer State is seeing an uptick in visitors.

Mobile residents wore Hawaiian shirts and ballcaps with shark fins and parrots to remember the port city’s favorite son. Singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett went to elementary school and high school in Alabama’s port city. His death from skin cancer hit local fans hard. APR begins this remembrance at a time when Buffett remember his home town at perhaps its darkest time…

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Alabama’s gulf coast won’t be welcoming as many students this year. Many universities across Alabama have forgone traditional spring breaks. Instead, some…

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